Showing posts with label The Waltons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Waltons. Show all posts

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Ralph Waite Dead at 85


Ralph Waite, Papa Walton on 'The Waltons,' Dead at 85

As many of my loyal readers know, I never liked the TV show The Waltons. However, one of my favorite movies is Five Easy Pieces. Ralph Waite is great as Jack Nicholson's dorky brother Carl (above right).

If you don't like my opinion on this subject, you can take some toast and hold it between your knees.

Thursday, November 8, 2012

The President's Analyst - Trailer

This is one of my favorite comedy movies of the 60s. Staring James Coburn, Severen Darden, and Godrey Cambridge. Also featuring Laugh-In's Arte Johnson, "Eve of Destruction" singer Barry McGuire, Virginia from Spider Baby, Grandpa Walton, Mr. Feeney from Boy Meets World and Schnieder from One Day At a Time.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

FUN WITH MCKAYLA MARONEY

I realize this post has nothing to do with retro pop culture, but I can't help it. It is one of those "everybody is doing it" type of things. A photo taken of American gymnast McKayla Maroney after she received a silver metal has taken the Internet by storm. McKayla obviously wanted a gold, but was given silver instead. She has a rather perturbed look on her face. While a few people are trying to make her out to be a "spoiled brat," most people are having fun with this picture and photo shop. Yes, McKayla is turning up everywhere and showing her disapproval at the new squeeze of some peoples exes, radio station morning shows and Romney & Ryan.

So I found some photos in my files and began putting McKayla in to show her disapproval. Sadly, I only have Corel Photo House on my computer, so they may look a little sloppy but it is the thought that counts.




Going to cry, baby, going to cry, baby!


Oh yeah, like you are a real athlete.



He is a square dork!

They make me sick!
 
This song sucks!
You're fed up! We're fed up with you!












Friday, May 11, 2012

THE STUFF NARRATORS SAY


"March 13th, 1930, Eliot Ness and the Untouchables raided a illegal brewery in an abandoned warehouse in Skokie."


"Will Batman and Robin be escape the path of the steamroller or will they become Flatman and Ribbon? Tune in tomorrow! Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel! One hint: The worst may be yet to come!"


"On that hot summer afternoon, Grandpa taught John Boy and Mary Ellen a valuable lesson."


"Now you see,  Boss Hogg knew that the Duke Boys were the only thing that would keep him from getting elected to Congress, so he sent Roscoe and Enos out to set up a roadblock to stop the Duke Boys, which was a dumb idea. Not only could you not build a roadblock that would stop the Duke Boys, but Roscoe and Enos couldn't create roadblock that would stop my Grandma."


"That day I realized that I wasn't the only one, who had grown up. Winnie Cooper had grown up too. Of course, I also realized that my brother Wayne would always be a butthead."


"In our last episode, Bullwinkle had entered the annual Frostbite Falls Cornbread Pancake and Molasses Eating Contest in hopes of winning a 1,001 giant sized marbles."
"Once again, Richard Kimble resumed his quest to find the one-armed man."

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

I STILL DON'T LIKE THE WALTONS

I've tried to stay away from the anything on this new blog that could cause me to receive the hate and bile slung at me by Ozarkers on my previous blog. However, this post will do it.
Since I was a child, there has been one TV show that I have passionately disliked. It is the Waltons. Recently this show has reared its ugly head again on the Hallmark Channel (Does the Hallmark Channel have ANY GOOD SHOWS ON?) . I recently caught both my sister and nephew watching the reruns of The Waltons one afternoon. The bad part they were enjoying them! I suffered through them, but realized that even now, at age 41, I cannot stomach this show. UGH!

Here are some of the factors that make the Waltons more enjoyable for me:
  1. The female cast members are not sexy. They also don't dress sexy. 
  2. The dialog is rather dry. No double entendres, sexual induiondo or even snappy comebacks. It is just lame.
  3. I hate people in overalls. Nuff said!
  4. There was no cool vehicle. No Batmobile, Black Beauty, General Lee, KITT, UNCLE car, TARDIS or Woody(from the Mod Squad). All the Waltons had was that old truck.
  5. Would it have killed them to have had a funny or killer robot in the show? How about a gay character? Or better yet a gay robot? How about "very special episode" where a killer robot ripped off Jim Bob's arm?
  6. This show was in desperate need of a guest appearance by Morgan Fairchild.
  7. The music on the show is dull. At the sake of being anachonistic, they could have put in some heavy metal, prog rock or funk in the background.
  8. The thing that really bothers me is how everyone on Waltons Mountain seems to think it is so great that John Boy likes to write. I have been writing stories since I was eight years old and nobody in Lebanon, MO every gave me any encouragement.
Part of my problem with this TV show from the 70s (and Little House on the Prairie) is that adults always threw it up to me that this was  "better" than the TV shows I liked. It wasn't just Ozarkers saying silly stuff like this. President George H. W Bush said The Waltons was better than The Simpsons. What did he know! The Simpsons have lasted longer than The Waltons. Nya-nya-nya-nya-nya!
This same thing goes on today with some of the stupider people here in the Ozarks. They get mad at me when I say I prefer MTV to Fox News or would rather spend an evening with Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian than Sarah Palin and Sarah Steelman.
The funny thing is The Waltons creator, Earl Hamner Jr., wrote several episodes of one of my favorite shows, the Twilight Zone.
Best way to end this is with Mad Magazines obituary for John Boy. It would have made a fitting end to The Waltons, unfortunatly they didn't use it in the final episode.
Of course, opinions, like this one, is why I'm considered the Super Villain of the Ozarks!!! Mwu-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...